Prohibited acts.
1. In the administration of any private foundation trust, split interest trust or charitable trust which is subject to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on January 1, 1999, the following acts are prohibited:
(a) Engaging in any act or “self-dealing,” as defined in Section 4941(d), which would give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by Section 4941(a);
(b) Retaining any “excess business holdings,” as defined in Section 4943(c), which would give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by Section 4943(a);
(c) Making any investments which would jeopardize the carrying out of any of the exempt purposes of the trust within the meaning of Section 4944, so as to give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by Section 4944(a); and
(d) Making any “taxable expenditures,” as defined in Section 4945(d), which would give rise to any liability for the tax imposed by Section 4945(a).
2. This section does not apply to those split interest trusts or amounts of such split interest trusts which are not subject to the prohibitions applicable to private foundations by reason of the provisions of Section 4947.
Last modified: February 25, 2006